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zovall_IHB

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Trooper's <a href="http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/forums/viewreply/46472/">idea of a Wish List</a> is a good one. Please post here for what you would like to see. There are some things that can be changed and others that can't.



Please only one post per person - use the Edit feature to add/remove to your post.



Updates:

The img tags in the forums should work as of yesterday afternoon. Use the img button above the text area when you are composing a post. <img src="http://www.market-racket.com/images/bubble.jpg" alt="" />



Whispers are not possible with the new software.



We will not go back to the old software. We will continue to make improvements to the new software to make things more intuitive.



<strong>DONE - Thank You's are back courtesy of Cayci's ninja programming skillz!!</strong>

Giving 'Thanks' on a forum thread is not currently a feature. It is something that can be custom built and I will look into this. It may get implemented differently - green/red, reputation, etc.. <strike>If you received Thank Yous in the old software, they will not come over when this feature is built.</strike> Anything is possible ;)



There are some threads where you need to scroll way to the right. It seems the reason for this is because of a large image or super long link elsewhere in the page. The author of the forum post or I will have to change the size of the image or edit the link. It will have to be done manually. You can PM me the URL of the threads and I'll try to fix them.



Forum - Viewing all new posts on a page - There isn't a way to make this the default view. There is a 'View New Posts' link near the top of the forums. It is not working as expected. I need to fully understand what it is displaying. If anyone has figured it out, let me know. I haven't had a chance to investigate it further. check <a href="http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/forums/viewreply/46628/">this post from acpme</a> and let me know if it works for you. From what I can tell, it works but it is not sorted correctly.

Give acpme's suggestions a try: Hit Mark All Posts as Read, and then whenever you click View New Posts, you'll see all the latest topics. It is sorted by the date of the topic (not the last post) and that's why the order seems funny.



Forum - Automatically going to the last unread post - I've looked into it a little bit and have not found a solution yet. It is annoying that it does not do this.



DONE - <em>Forum - Notify email should be unchecked by default - Right now the box is checked by default. You can follow <a href="http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/forums/viewreply/46542/">nude's sage advice</a> to turn it off. I will also change the default to unchecked for everyone when I figure out how to do it in bulk.</em>



DONE - Blog - Nested comments - This is my top priority right now.

<strike>We've got this kinda working right now. It is a little buggy and I'm still working on it.</strike>

It now works almost exactly like it did on the old site



DONE (Thanks Nude for the IHB theme!) - Go to the bottom of any forum page and select a theme from the dropdown. If there is a clear winner then I'll set that as the default. <em>Forum colors - I'll add a few more options to choose from and add those details when implemented. They might be just as unappealing. In the future, we'll get a custom theme built.</em>



Blog design - This will be changed in the future. We won't be going back to the old look.



Posting Raw HTML in Forums - Only "safe" HTML is allowed in the forums. These are the tags that can be used: <pre class="code"><b>, <i>, <u>, <em>, <strike>, <strong>, <pre>, <code>, <blockquote>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6></pre> You can also insert images and links using the buttons above the text area. This ensures that the threads display fine - the old software would have problems when items were copied from the internet and posted in the forums. All HTML tags are viewable in the default forum post editors - that's why there isn't a separate HTML view.



DONE - IHB Gear hasn't had any activity for quite some time. I'll create a sticky in the Off Topic forum for it.



Blog comments - There isn't a way to edit comments on the blog currently. The old software didn't allow this either. If the comment is posted by a user that hasn't logged in, there is no way to add the edit capability. If the comment is posted by a user that has logged in, the ability to edit the comment could be added. I'll have to see whether anyone has done this with the software.



DONE - Link to blog comments at the bottom of the blog post



DONE (Thanks Nude!) - Link to the forum nav at the bottom of each thread



DONE - RSS Feed for Blog Comments has been brought back



The main column on the Blog is actually 13% bigger than what it was on the old site.
 
- I would like the ?Thanks? button back, that saved me from having to write a reply.

- More ?smiley? choices, like the thumbs up, heart/broken heart, lightbulb....like the old choices we had

- This blue/powder blue color is killing my eyes....I wish for choices in ?skin? color.

- OMG, more color !!! I feel like I?m in a hospital ward it?s so sterile.

- whispers back, ones that stay in the thread not a PM...that loses the spontaneity of it all.

- Also, please uncheck the box for Notify me in ?options? at the bottom of the reply post screen. Every time I post, the bottom two ?option? boxes are pre-checked (notify me if someone responds to my post & enable smileys in this post). Several times, I?ve forgotten to uncheck the box and now my private email inbox has 46 emails from zovall notifying me someone has responded to my post....and then someone responded to their post so I get another email.....yikes! I logged onto AOL this morning, saw that I had 46 new emails and thought I became popular overnight or something !



Like awgee said, ?I hate change?. Seems like many of us do.....



Can you please monitor the post count in the upcoming month or so...and if it drops of significantly b/c ppl don?t like this format, can you change it back?



* revised * Oh yes, any way we can "edit" our main blog comments. I hate that sinking feeling when I hit "send" and realize at the last second I've spelled something wrong.



* revised again * OK, how about adding a back button, or "Forum Home" button at the BOTTOM of the forum posts as well. That way when I get to the bottom of a post and read the last comment, I don't have to scroll all the way up to find the "Forum Home" button.



* revision #3 * On the main blog page, the "read comments" link should be at the bottom, you shouldn't have to scroll back up to the top to read them. Where's the link to the IHB gear ? Did that go away for good? That main blog page still looks so vanilla....sterile. Color please ! ;)
 
Just two important changes, I can live with everything else.



1. All the threads on one page, with most recent unread threads first.



2. Clicking on a thread and going right to the last message I read?



The thing I liked most about IHB was the ability to check on the latest with one click. That functionality is now gone.



Z, can you do a poll within this forum? Maybe you could list all the suggestions and people could vote on what they want most. Or you could do a poll asking if people like the new format or want to switch back...
 
Forums:

- Fixed!! <em>enable the tag</em>

- set the defaults to "no emails on reply", this is going to be a big issue for people as the forums add users

- as previously mentioned, either a link that will show all threads with a new post since last login, or a default view showing the same

- tie in the comments on the daily blog entry to comments on the forum thread discussing same. I don't know if you intend to have a 'daily' thread for the blog entries like the one started yesterday but, if you are, the comments should be the same in both, no?

- in a link sent by an anonymous source, there were five or six 'skin' or theme options; just enable them again and let us pick on we like as our default

- add the smilies to a bar, rather than a seperate window/tab. Being able to click on them at a glance is very helpful.



Blog:

-Nested comments are kind of a big deal!

-Bigger placement of the logo, I can't make out any details. I'd also suggest moving it to the left, rather than the right, of the name and double the size.

-Nevermind, this was fixed. <em>(The blog roll is empty; at least put up links to the main pages if not the latest entry.)</em>



zovall, keep your chin up. There are lots of people that think of the IHB Forums as a 'home' on the intarwebz and they just came back to find someone has repainted, added wallpaper, installed pink toilets, and glued the couch to the ceiling. Don't be discouraged, but don't be deaf either. Do what you can, tell us what ain't happening, and accept that some people are going to leave over the changes; this may be a community now, but in the end you are the Donald Bren of the Irvine Housing Blog.



Woohoo!
 
Thanks for all the hard work on the upgrade Z!



My suggestions:



Front page - Generic. No atmosphere. Should be redesigned to look, feel, and act like the old front page, where it looked and flowed nicely, and it actually made you want to click on things and explore. This one does not.



Nested comments - neccessity on a site of this sort.



I like the new forums. It would be nice if you kept a 'universal' forum with all the posts from EVERY forum listed in it, as before. Easier to use and see the hot topics.



Overall it is much more 'modern' but lacks the atmosphere that made IHB great. Need the 'thanks' button back. Lilttle touches like that go a long way.



Thanks!
 
Make all the threads are visible at once. THIS IS HUGE. I like to troll the list for the newest and bestest posts, regardless of category.



Bring back the thank yous.





LL, your comments on the main page are what inspired my post - thanks for helping me express my (then undefined) concerns about the conversion.



Zovall, keep up the good work, we wouldn?t care about the format if we didn?t care about IHB! Hopefully, these wishes are feasible.



Is that really Troop?s picture? Whoever it is - NICE!
 
Where did all the threads go?



Thanks for agreeing with me about the (non)color, troop.

Dude, I totally agree about seeing all the threads at once.



Very big deal.



Ahem, until it's changed, please people hit the return before

you get to the end of the page. Moving the bar over is a

major pain.
 
2 items which are important to me:



1. All threads at once

2. Automatically scrolling to the last message read in a thread



To me these are critical. Obviously I will still read the blog without these, but I think these are a must haves for the forum



And another thing - more pictures of trooper
 
Concur w/ Stuff It. Also, the gradient gray purple, to me, makes the page hard to look at.



Liz, the next time you close a file, you might look into one of these: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01097300&lc=en&cc=us&product=3440923&dlc=en



No more scrolling left to right. :cheese:
 
I missed Troop's suggestion about people only posting once on the WISH LIST, and editing to include future replies. I don't know how to delete this post, so I moved the comments up to my last one.
 
I liked the whole "seeing all the new threads" on one page thing. I don't know if this software can be formatted for that.



I don't have a problem with this color. I notice the ladies seemed to be roundly weighing in on this as an aversive thing. Most of my wardrobe looks like this blog. . . Should I get some orange clothing? Is that what the ladies like?
 
<em>Is that really Troop?s picture? </em>



No ! It's not me....I usually don't take too kindly to men grabbing my butt ......heh heh.....<em>get it </em>?! :lol:
 
Wish list: all if possible naturally.



Blog:

1. Nested comments.

2. Wider format (single column on the links please).

3. Links to recent comments.

4. Indent from left margin please. I like a little white space on the left otherwise the text is only a few pixels away from the browser border and my other files making it very cluttered.

5. Drop the floating left/right margin. Going full-screen give me text a few pixels from a blue border a shade different than my browser border.

6. Consistent scaling with Forums

7. Minor note: are my eyes tricking me or did you change default font in your css too? I now have to go from too small to taking over my entire wide screen to read comfortably.



Forums:

1. User preferences for colors (skins)

2. More emphasis on content less on frames (the framing of the forums is more emphasised than the posted content, I don't remember the framing off of the prior version, I remember the content, which I think is what we all want, the content taking precedence over the format. Personal preference, rounded corners, imho, the sharp square corners makes it feel blocky and clunky and disjointed, )

2.5 Lose the small dead space between the blocks of frames for follow-on posts. It's like looking at a word document with table of three rows, space, table of three rows, space, table ...

3. Consistent default fonts/font-point with main blog. (again, maybe just my eyes, but they seem different)

4. Consistent scaling behavior with main blog

5. Drop the gradient background.

6. New posts/Active posts most recent first (Z, I see you're already working on this, thanks!)

7. Microsoft word editor? More tags, like <Li> :cheese:

8. Paragraph line & half spacing on return, normal spacing on no CR.
 
My wish list is...

Signature- but control it. They can get crazy.

It would be nice to change the background like you can on the disboards.com ( I think its the same board)

Way better smileys like the disboards!!

Finally, a Rental forum to talk about IAC and private rentals.
 
To borrow a line from the Apple commericals:



The old format was a Mac.

This new format is a PC.



Though I guess it'd made sense that you'd get a PC, not a Mac in the 7th circle of hell ...
 
I have just one suggestion since many other are addressed above:



Is it possible to link the "Irvine Housing Blog" title in the main site so it's 'clickable'?



From my experience, visitors tend to click the title to return to your main page rather than clicking the 'Home' button.



I noticed some performance issues earlier and hope it gets better soon (the forums would freeze for ~30 seconds). Congratulations on growing up, IHB!
 
[quote author="zovall" date=1207526997]



DONE - Go to the bottom of any forum page and select a theme from the dropdown. If there is a clear winner then I'll set that as the default.</blockquote>


The Blue Theme is down right yummy. :)
 
[quote author="Nude" date=1207577839][quote author="zovall" date=1207526997]



DONE - Go to the bottom of any forum page and select a theme from the dropdown. If there is a clear winner then I'll set that as the default.</blockquote>


The Blue Theme is down right yummy. :)</blockquote>


Oh jeebus, yes it is. Far more readable for my aged eyes. Thanks for the tip, Nude.



Nice new icon, too!
 
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